I absolutely loved my Smart Pot slow cooker, by Crock Pot. It was a shiny stylish stainless steel, functional, and had multiple settings...Not to mention decently priced! However, the bliss was short lived! Now I did get my use out of it during the year it functioned. But soon enough those stylish push button temperature settings began to work only intermittently. So I retired the Smart Pot to back up status, and purchased another brand of slow cookers. If it wasn't for the malfunction of the temperature buttons, I would higly recommend thisproduct. I am just rather disappointed that our relationship...